Initially, with strict border controls and lockdowns imposed by the Jacinda Ardern-led Labour Party government, New Zealand was largely successful keeping the pandemic at bay.
With a new COVID surge circulating unchecked in the country, the dangers and consequences of Long COVID are being underplayed by the political establishment.
India: Gurugram city sanitation workers’ strike continues; Sri Lankan public sector workers protest budget cuts; DP World terminal workers resume national industrial action; V/Line regional public rail commuter workers in Victoria strike; New Zealand early childhood workers protest low pay.
Amid the ongoing gutting and long-term running down of public education, the new right-wing coalition government is to re-establish previously discredited Charter schools as a step towards widespread privatization.